CUNY AI Literacy and Professional Readiness Series
Applied, ethical AI for real-world learning and career readiness
across CUNY and NYU
About the Initiative
The CUNY AI Literacy and Professional Readiness Series is a Spring 2026 initiative led by Dr. Ngoc Cindy Pham, Associate Professor in the Murray Koppelman School of Business at Brooklyn College.
Supported by a grant from the CUNY AI Innovation Fund through the Office of Academic Innovation (CUNY Office of Academic Affairs), the series equips CUNY students with practical, ethical, and career-ready AI skills. The program brings together students from Brooklyn College, other CUNY campuses, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering through hands-on, industry-informed sessions that connect classroom learning with real-world applications in business, research, and career development.
Participants earn a digital badge as part of a micro-credential pathway designed to demonstrate AI readiness to future employers. The series emphasizes critical thinking before tool adoption, ethical decision-making, applied enterprise use cases, and targeted support for first-generation and immigrant students. The initiative incorporates a train-the-trainer framework, empowering bootcamp graduates to teach skills such as AI-assisted web design back to their peers, extending the program's reach across the CUNY community and deepening participants' own professional development.
The initiative is part of CUNY's broader efforts in AI leadership development and workforce-focused AI literacy programming.
Featured Sessions
Artificial Intelligence & The Future of Work
AI in Business & Marketing
Applying AI to Enterprise Consulting
How AI is Reshaping Marketing & Advertising
Speaker Highlights
Across February and March, the series reached 800+ attendees (including students, faculty and staff) with a 94% satisfaction rate — with April still ahead.
AI-Powered Professional Branding
February 10, 2026
Founder, Nyantrace | NYU Tandon MS
135 attendees.
AI & the Future of Work
February 19, 2026
Conor is CEO of AI Mindset, NYT bestselling author, founder of Next
Generation Nepal, former Chief AI Architect at NYU Stern, and recognized
by Edelman as a Top Trusted Voice in AI.
118 participants.
AI in Business & Marketing
February 26, 2026
Technology Managing Director, IBM
93 participants.
Advanced Prompt Engineering
March 3, 2026
Sacred Heart University
130+ students.
AI in Marketing & Advertising
March 5, 2026
Marketing Consultant
78 attendees.
AI in Enterprise Consulting
March 12, 2026
VP, Monks
217 RSVPs (joint CUNY & NYU session).
Economics of AI & the Future of Work
March 2026 (Virtual)
Wharton / Workhelix
98 participants.
Upcoming Session
April 16, 2026
Chief Growth Officer, U of Digital
Upcoming Session
April 21, 2026
Director of AI Research & Engineering, DTCC
Upcoming Session
April 30, 2026
Founder, Dolabra Digital | ex-Google, ex-Yahoo | Wharton MBA
Hosted at NYU Tandon
Student Innovation Hub
Student Innovation Showcase: Call for Submissions
Prepare your applied AI projects, research papers, or tools developed during the Spring 2026 series. Selected submissions will be featured globally on this Hub.
*Submissions open late April 2026
Launch Target: May 2026
End of Spring Semester Showcase.
Leadership & AI Team
Meet the dedicated team making the CUNY AI Literacy initiative possible.
Student Leaders
Student Team
NYU Tandon Collaborating Faculty & Student Leaders
